Summer Solstice: An Essay and all the fascinating creatures

and all the fascinating creatures living just a paddle's length away--over and under the waves

Respond when someone initiates a Crucial Conversation with you

Meet the infamous thieves--and detectives--of the era

and awaken to the boundless potential of the soul--and the full meaning of existence

Summer Solstice: An Essay and all the fascinating creaturesSummer is fireflies and sparklers. Fat red tomatoes sliced thin and salted. Lemonade and long dreamy days. The treasures of the season are gone much too soon but they're captured here, in loving sensuous prose that's both personal and universal, for you to find any time of year. Experience the most evocative tribute to the meaning of the season, a season whose magical feeling stays with us even in winter. Where does that feeling come from? What is